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GATE.

No. 359,693. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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SR., OF HALLSVILLE, MISSOUB.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.359,693,dated March22,1887.

Application filed December 30, 1886. Serial No. 223,00l. (No model.)

To aZZ zukomzt may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN Renners, Sr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Hallsville, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- actdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in gates of that classknown as swinging gates, and the objectof the invention is to providethe gate with suitable latching mechanism, that it may be readily openedor closed in opposite directions.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction andarrangement of the several parts, as will be more particularlydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claim. i

In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is had, and which fullyillustrate my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of agate with mylatching device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of thesame.

The letters A and A represent the bed -pieccs or sills, mortised orotherwise secured together and arranged in such a manneras to resemblein contour the letter T, and at the point where the sills are joined issecured the lower end of the main or rear gate-post, B, to which thegate C is hinged by means of hinges. Secured to the ends ot thesill-piece A,and equdistant from the main or rear gate-post, B, are twostop-posts, D D, which are in alignment with the main or rear gate-post,B, against which, when the gate is swung open from either direction, itis latched and held by means of catches d d, rigidly secured to thesestop-posts D D near their lower ends.

The letter E represents the iront gate-post,

having secured upon its inner face, near thetop thereof, alatch-piece orcatclnl, the notch fof which a spring-latch enters, or is withdrawntherefrom, as the gate is opened or closed, by means of suitablemechanism connected therewith, which will be presently explained.

The letter C represents the gate, which is constructed with uprights orend pieces, y g',

and another and higher upright, gi, the uprights g2 and g being bracedby means of a diagonal brace, g, the upright gZ being slotted andconnected near its top with the top rail, C', of the gate, the rear endof this rail being provided with a grooved pulley, H, on the topthereof, around which an operating pull-cord, I, is run in oppositedirections, the cord in the meantime being looped within alooped rearend of a latchconnecting rod, K, which passes through the slot in theupright g2, at or near the top thereof. The ends of this pull-cord inpassing around the grooved pulley H also pass beneath a guide, h,secured to the pulley H, which guide serves the purpose ot' keeping thecord in place around the pulley H, as well as guiding its movement, theends of said cord passing through holes in the tops of the stop-posts DD, and depending therefrom, having handies secured to their ends forpulling them. To the forward end of the rod K, which is looped at thisend also, l attach so that it may have full play a vertical latch bar orrod, L, the lower end ot' which is pivoted or fulcrumed to one of thelower rails of the gate. By securing the bar L in thisV manner abackward and forward movement is given to said bar L, as well as to aspring-latch, lll, which is secured or connected to it, near the top ofthe spring M, by means of a short longitudinal connecting-rod, N, thisrod N passing loosely and entirely through the front post, g, near itstop, a hole being made entirelyT through the post for that purpose, insuch a manner as to give to the latch M such movement as the pivotedvertical bar or rod L has, so that when the latching devicejustdescribed is operated by the cord and pulley to open or close the gatethe movement oi' the spring-latch M and the pivoted vertical rod L issimultaneous, or one movement. The spring-latch M is secured at itslower end to the lower end and face ofthe front post, g, its upper endhe- 9 IOO leys and cords snot broadly new, per se, and rod K, passingthrough a slot in upright g2, i

this I do not claim; hor do I claim the cord, pivoted rod L,conneeting-rodN, and springconneebing-rod, and pvoted latch-rod, as theylatch M,` substantially as described.:

are also not broadly new 5 but In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein 5 W'hab I do claim as new, and desire to sepresence of two Witnesses.

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In combination with the bedsills :mhd sup- JOHN ROBERTS SR'porting-posts, the hinged gate provided with Witnesses: therearwardly-extending mil C', grooved GEO. R. SUMMERS,

Io sheave H, cord-guide 7L, cord I eonneebingl B. AUSTENE.

